On 9 May 2007, at around 8:00pm, while cruising onboard the speedboat, Ryakaki, Darren Lee from Swanido International first heard many cries in the pitch dark night. Thinking something was amissed, Roger Koh, also from Swanido International, told the captain to immediately stopped the speedboat, and search for the source of the cries. The searchlight scanned the seas for the source of the cries of both women and children.
A sinking outrigger boat with 13 elderly, women, children, and men, were found. The crew of Team Swanido and the speedboat crew from Pariwisata Biak Numfor, rescued all the victims, and managed to recover and salvage the sinking boat in the dangerous choppy sea. The victims were treated from shock and cold onboard, Ryakaki.
All 13 victims were returned to Rani Island, including the salvaged outrigger boat, after a 4 hours slow cruise back under choppy sea conditions.
The video was shot and provided by Marcus Yu, our Korean sport fishing surveyor, and had been uploaded to youtube.com by me. You can also view the video at www.swanido.com.